Sash Collection (#57)

Domestic Cattle, Simmental cow, show champion with sash and rosettes, Northern Ireland, july

PORTRAIT OF A ZAPATISTA. Painting by an unknown Mexican artist, 20th century

CHARLES III (1716-1788). King of Spain, 1759-1788. Also Charles I, Duke of Parma, 1731-1735; and Charles IV, King of Napes and Sicily, 1734-1759. Oil painting by Francisco Goya, c1787

GEUR2A-00116
People from Valencia (left) and Granada, Spain, in their native attire. Antique hand-colored print

Thailand, Ayutthaya. Statues of sitting buddhas wearing orange - golden clothes around the chest, meditating at Ayutthaya, former capital of the Siem Empire

Music cover for The Queen and Prince Alberts Polka, by Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860). Victoria and Albert are depicted early in their marriage, turned towards the viewer as they dance the polka

Little Victorian girl in lacy dress with tartan trimmings
A little Victorian girl poses in the photographers studio, wearing a white lacy dress with tartan trimmings. Her blonde hair is in ringlets

Little Edwardian girl in a garden, Mid Wales
A little Edwardian girl in a white dress and dark sash poses in a garden, Mid Wales

Whitewashed Georgian house in Mid or South Wales
A whitewashed Georgian house in Mid or South Wales, with a plump man and a skinny boy standing in front of the entrance

Three boys with a metal pail outside a shop
Three boys, two of them with bare feet, standing on a pavement outside a shop with a metal pail

Drawing room of a country house, South Wales
The typically Victorian drawing room of a country house, somewhere in South Wales. There are two large sash windows with a mirror in between, reflecting a ceiling rose

House with decorative slate tiling, North Wales
View of the front of a house with decorative slate tiling, somewhere in North Wales. The house is double-fronted, but appears to be either terraced or semi-detached

Mother and daughter looking out of window, Scotland
A mother and her daughter looking out of a bedroom window somewhere in Scotland

Lady of Psara
A lady in traditional clothing from the Island of Psara Date: circa 1930s

Seated Buddha in Wat Si Chum, Old Sukhothai, Thailand
The large seated Buddha in the Wat Si Chum (Temple of the Bodhi Tree) at Old Sukhothai, Thailand. The temple dates from the 13th century

Greece - King George I (1863 - 1913) - assassinated in Thessaloniki

Georgia - Georgian Woman of the Caucasus

Trooper - 1st Regiment of Life Guards. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Troop Sergeant Major - 9th Lancers
A Troop Sergeant Major of the 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers. The Badge on his lower right arm denotes his position as the best shot in the squadron. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Early Hollywood actress dressed as a Shah

Trooper of 61st Cavalry - Indian Army
A Trooper of the 61st Cavalry of the Indian Army - a modern descendant of the old British Indian Army (last of the horseback soldiers). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Lance Corporal of the Life Guards
A Lance Corporal of the Life Guards (Mounted Review Order). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Drum Major of the Grenadier Guards
A Drum Major of the Grenadier Guards in Full Ceremonial Dress

Belly Dancer - Algeria

Irregular Galata Fireman and their Chief
Irregular Galata Fireman and their Boss, Kemer Alty at Constantinople. Date: 1910s

Guards of the Ottoman Bank and the Ambassador of Austria
Studio photographic portraits of the guard of the Ottoman Bank and the guard of the Ambassador of Austria in Constantinople, Turkey

Fish Salesmen, Constantinople
Two fish salesmen, Constantinople

Trackside Sellers of Sweetbreads
Selling of a selection of sweetbreads at the side of railway track, Turkey

Man from Central Portugal
A young man from Central Portugal - Batalha. Pictured in tradional costume and standing with hand in belt and holding a billhook

Turkish beauty - Constantinople
A Turkish Beauty from Constantinople standing in front of a hanging rug

Shoeshine Boy - Turkey
Turkish shoeshine boy (or in this case man!) brushes his clients boots to a gleaming finish

Turkish Woman wearing the Turkish flag
Turkish woman draped in the National flag leaning on a plant stand

Turkish Veiled Harem Girl
A veiled girl of the turkish Harem striking a pretty pose in a garden. The subject matter is an incredible juxtaposition to the year it was published when war was surging across Western Europe

Sultan of Zanzibar
Sultan / Khalifa Ibn Kharbu (Full name: Sayyid Sir Khalia II bin Harub Al-Said). Ruled Zanzibar between 1911 and 1960. Built the harbour and the stone town and tar roads on Pemba Island

Girls at a Flower show - Hong Kong
Girls (possibly Japanese?) at a Flower Show in Hong Kong, China Date: 1909

Bulgarian National Costumes. A couple at Ruse, Bulgaria (possibly about to get married??)

Sultan Mehmet Reshad V
A portrait of Sultan Mehmet Reshad V and an element of the Ottoman Empire Fleet, the Avnoullah. Originally a German ship, this vessel ran aground on the mud escaping the Greek Fleet

Afghanistan - Prince Inayutullah Khan of Kabul
Inayatullah Khan Seraj (1888 - 1946) (pictures here as Prince) became King of the Emirate of Afghanistan on 14th January 1929, but only reigned for 3 days until 17th January 1929

Beafeater on book serialisation poster
The stern and unmisstakeable profile of a Beefeater Guard from the Tower of London used as the main illustration on a poster advertsing the serialisation of the book Ghosts of London by H V Morton in

Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - at a reception
Reception for the French Minister for Public works at the house of Bach Agha Ben Ganab. One of the guests is Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - one of the most important Algerian Arab Sheikhs - much

Marmont / Auguste / Bombled
Auguste-Frederic-Louis Viesse De Marmont French Soldier

Cherubino - Charles
The actress Eliza Charles in the role of Cherubino in the opera The Marriage of Figaro

A Gown for the Races, 1920
A black taffeta gown with a sash and lining of snow white crepe de chine. The head dress was made from taffeta trimmed with osprey and paradise

Smoking Fashions 1836
Green cravat, yellow waistcoat with Brandenbourg trim, red fringed sash, green checked trousers, red slippers, paisley dressing gown & long pipe. Brown cloak with cape

Seaside Costumes 1896
The year that signalled the demise of big sleeves? Puffed & gigot sleeves, wide square revers, epaulettes, high collars, pleated blouse, open bodice fastened with bands

Costume / Women&girl 1864
Child: white dress, red plaid sash with floating ends. Grey: jet tablier trim, jacket with jet epaulettes. Purple & white: rotonde with tassels, black cord trim

Fashions in Garden ?1864
Pink: flounces & ruched trim, sash with floating ends at rear, white under-bodice with threaded black ribbon at neck & cuffs. Mantle: blue lining, emroidery & flounce border

England / Kegworth
The village of Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, including some derelict and rather run-down buildings

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